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4:50 PM ET, October 6, 2019

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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
2nd whistleblower comes forward after speaking with IG: Attorney  —  Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower who sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine and triggered an impeachment inquiry, tells ABC News that he is now representing a second whistleblower …
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’  —  One attorney said a second whistleblower has come foward with firsthand knowledge of some of the allegations  —  WASHINGTON—The legal team representing the CIA officer behind the complaint …
CNN:
Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower says he represents second whistleblower on Trump's actions  —  (CNN)The lawyer for the first intelligence whistleblower who came forward with accusations concerning President Donald Trump and his interactions with Ukraine said Sunday he is representing …
Discussion: ABC News
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:   GOP Rep. Chris Stewart dismisses second whistleblower: ‘Why should I care?’
NBC News:
Second whistleblower comes forward in Trump-Ukraine scandal
Discussion: The Guardian
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: More whistleblowers, more mudslinging
Wall Street Journal:
Barr's Requests for Foreign Help Prompt Backlash in Australia, Italy, U.K.  —  Opposition lawmakers, intelligence officials question why the attorney general is working outside usual channels in review of Russia-probe origins  —  Attorney General William Barr is stoking tensions in several foreign capitals …
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
Barr and a Top Prosecutor Cast a Wide Net in Reviewing the Russia Inquiry  —  The attorney general and a veteran prosecutor, John H. Durham, have charted an unusual course that could bolster President Trump's pet theories about the Russia investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — After a jet carrying …
Washington Post:
Barr's review of Russia investigation wins Trump's favor.  Those facing scrutiny suspect he's chasing conspiracy theories.  —  Attorney General William P. Barr has taken an interest in a mysterious European professor whose conversation with an adviser to President Trump's 2016 campaign helped launch …
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Italy's Connection to the Russia Investigation, Explained
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Jim Jordan suggests Trump was joking about China investigating Bidens  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday that he doesn't think President Trump was serious when he said last week that China should launch an investigation into Joe Biden and his son …
Discussion: Politico, USA Today, Mediaite and Breitbart
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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Crazed Rudy Giuliani Asks, ‘What If Joe Biden Committed Murder?’  In Bizarre Treason Defense  —  Donald Trump's “personal attorney” just threw out more and more unhinged hypotheticals to defend Donald Trump's impeachable acts.  —  Views:  —  Rudy Giuliani continued his propaganda campaign …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:   Lindsey Graham vows to have whistleblowers testify publicly if Democrats impeach Trump
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Giuliani says media tried to cover up corruption allegations leveled against ‘honey boy’ Biden
Discussion: Breitbart
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Loses It on ‘Meet the Press’: I Do Not Trust the FBI or CIA  —  “Why a Fox News conspiracy propaganda stuff is popping up on here, I have no idea,” and exasperated Todd noted at one point.  —  In an extremely contentious and heated interview with Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
‘Who leaked?’  Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's conspiracy-filled defense of Trump, analyzed.  —  On Friday, a powerful Republican senator indicated to the Wall Street Journal that he had been concerned this summer that President Trump was creating a quid pro quo with Ukraine by holding up military aid.
NBC News:
Full Johnson Interview: GOP attacks press over Trump's Ukraine actions
Discussion: Fox News, Slate and Washington Times
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Ukraine Scandal Has Its Roots in Russia  —  Both situations stem from the President's apparent willingness to accept political favors from foreign leaders, and his eagerness to do Putin's bidding.  —  President Trump and his allies nearly succeeded in consigning the Mueller report to oblivion.
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Molly K. McKew / Politico:
What Putin Got From the Trump-Zelensky Phone Call
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Trump told Theresa May he doubted Russia was behind Skripal poisoning
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Peter Pomerantsev / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Welcomes You To Eastern Europe
Washington Post:
Uncertainty takes over the lead in the Democratic presidential race  —  The top fundraiser in the Democratic presidential field was hospitalized with a heart attack, the longtime polling leader and his son sit at the center of an impeachment inquiry, and the one candidate …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden bests Trump by nine points in Wisconsin
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Dana Blanton / Fox News:   Fox News Poll: Biden expands lead among South Carolina Democrats
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump's old ways colliding with new realities  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Telling half-truths and outright lies.  Manipulating media coverage.  Pushing legal boundaries.  Pressuring subordinates to do the dirty work.  Believing in the force of his own personality.  Accepting no personal responsibility.
Washington Post:
‘Out on a limb’: Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump's possible impeachment  —  A torrent of impeachment developments has triggered a reckoning in the Republican Party, paralyzing many of its officeholders as they weigh their political futures, legacies and, ultimately, their allegiance to a president who has held them captive.
CNN:
Pompeo might go down as the worst secretary of state in modern times  —  Opinion by Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky  —  Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  He is the author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President.”
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Pompeo says State Department will follow law in Trump impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and CNN
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Two centuries ago, University of Virginia students beat and raped enslaved servants, historians say  —  The two young, white University of Virginia students had a secret.  —  It was September 1826, and the men — both scions of wealthy Southern slaveholding families — were suffering from the same sexually transmitted disease.
 
 
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